The revolutionary high-tech statement by Knifemakers' Guild member and designer Daddy K.I.S.S. in Ed Halligan stood for Keep It Super Simple. in It inspired many other knife designs. The question was, could he make such a compact and elemental knife into an assisted opener? The result is a handsome line of K.I.S.S. knives with fast assisted opening, rigid lock-up, and a sophisticated high-tech mechanism that is integrated into the frame, all with a weight that is only slightly more than the original K.I.S.S.